[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,49,53,47,50,71,60,79,91,97,106,162,125,127,115,202,193,210,190,1154,250,1145,1120,1135,682,677,675,1637,1633]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B39: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} 13. Rad1 f5 (13... Rc8 14. b3 Ne6 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. b4 Qe7 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rfb8 20. Bc4 {½-½ (45) Buhmann,R (2582)-Stanec,N (2536) Vienna 2011}) 14. exf5 gxf5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Qh4 15. Bxd4 gxf5 16. Be3 f4 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe3 19. Qxe3 Rf7 20. Nd6 {1-0 (28) Gonzalez,B-Mattiaccio,H Argentina 1980}) 15. f4 d6 16. Nd5 Qd7 (16... Kh8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 17. fxe5 $18 dxe5 18. Bxd4 $1 exd4 {[#]} (18... Bxd5 $16 19. Bc5 (19. cxd5 exd4 20. Qe2 Kh8 $16) 19... Be6 20. Bxf8 Qd4+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxf8) 19. Bxf5 $1 Qd6 {[#]} (19... Rxf5 $2 20. Rxf5 Kh8 21. Rdf1 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 b5 $2 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxh7+ (21. cxd5 h6 $18) 21... Kh8) 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 {White wants to mate with Qh3+.White is clearly winning.} Qe6 23. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qg4 {Strongly threatening ...bxc4.} 24. Re4 Qg5 {[#]} 25. Re5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 100%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,22,4,29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (11... Rac8 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Qc2 d5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. g3 Rb8 20. Bc3 Qa3 21. Rd3 a5 22. Red1 Qc5 23. Qd2 Rdc8 {½-½ (23) Yu,Y (2725)-Lu,S (2607) Shenzhen 2016}) {Predecessor:} 12. Qxd4 $146 Ng4 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Re2 Rfe8 18. Rde1 Nd7 19. Kh1 {½-½ (75) Rooze,J (2301)-Schoene,M (2278) Germany 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,19,16,114,111,129,115,122,125,127,125,126,129,116,99,91,94,151,132,185,186,183,180,243,254,385,389,369,368,370,351,820,575,1863,1844,29975,29976,29984,29977,29977,29974]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 (12. Re2 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Bg3 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 {½-½ (42) Radjabov,T (2710)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016}) 12... b6 13. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bf6 (13... Qd6 $11) 14. Ba3 $146 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. cxd5 {Re1 is the strong threat.} Na5 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. a3 Rd8 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. c4 Qa6 (20... Re8 $142) 21. Ne5 Bxe5 (21... g6 $16 22. Nc6 Re8) 22. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qa5 23. g3 c6 {[#]} (23... Qc5 {was called for.} 24. Rb5 Qe7) 24. Rd1 $1 $18 b5 (24... g6 $142 25. f4 b5) 25. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxe5 27. Qxc6 Qe6 $2 (27... Qa5 28. d7 g6) 28. Qc7 Qd7 29. Rb1 {White wants to mate with Qxd7.} Qe8 {[#]} 30. d7 $1 {White mates.} Qe7 31. Kf1 Qf8 32. Re1 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,30,30,56,56,62,51,53,56,61,56,54,52,42,37,43,50,46,30,36,36,31,27,20,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-43,-39,-29,-57,-51,-56,-57,-53,-58,-60,-49,-73,-69,-103,-87,-118,-127,-131,-130,-179,-171,-163,-163,-166,-166,-229,-156,-228,-180,-191,-154,-197,-143,-189,-185,-871,-838,-1135,-1063,-1021,-1015]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} bxc3 7. Nxc3 Nbd7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 21 Games. White has an edge.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 c6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. h4 O-O {½-½ (41) Wang,Y (2716)-Timofeev,A (2690) Ningbo 2010}) 9. Bf4 a6 10. Qc2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nb5!} Bd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. a5 O-O 13. e3 Ne8 14. Rfb1 Ndf6 15. Bf1 Nc7 16. b4 Bd7 17. Rb2 Rb7 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. Qe2 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Rc2 g6 (23... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 24. Rbc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6 $11) 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Ne1 Ne4 26. Nd3 (26. Rb2 {seems wilder.} Qc4 27. Nd3 Nc3 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qe2) 26... Rb7 27. Rc1 Nc3 28. Qb2 Rc7 29. Kg2 Rc4 30. Qa1 Nb5 31. Qb2 Qc6 32. Kg1 f6 33. f4 Kf7 {[%cal Bg8f7,Bf7e7,Be7d7,Bd7d8][%mdl 32]} 34. Kf2 Nc3 {aiming for ...Nd1+!} 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd2 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Ne4+ 37. Kd1 Qa4+ 38. Ke1 Kd7 39. Ke2 (39. Ra1 $142 Qb5 40. Ra3) 39... Qb5 40. Ke1 (40. Rc2 $17) 40... g5 41. Ke2 Kd8 42. Ke1 h6 ({Better is} 42... gxf4 $19 43. gxf4 Rxc1+ 44. Nxc1 Qc4) 43. Rc2 Qa4 44. Kd1 $2 (44. Rc1) 44... Rc3 $19 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3b3,Bb3b1][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 45. Ne1 Rb3 46. Qc1 {[#]} Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 53%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,39,3,10,-1,-1,0,34,0,0,5,16,40,29,16,8,7,10,11,10,-5,7,13,12,7,30,23,39,33,97,95,88,91]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 (5... Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 c5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rac8 {1-0 (40) Berkes,F (2654)-Harutyunian,T (2523) Minsk 2017}) 6. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxg3 9. hxg3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {1-0 (28) Dieball,A (774)-Ewudzie,B (906) Kiel 2008}) 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rc1 Qg5 18. Nc6 Rad8 (18... Qf6 $14) 19. Nxd8 $16 Rxd8 20. Qe1 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,72,18,22,39,50,37,13,20,15,21,20,17,-20,20,21,28,25,30,6,27,26,25,20,25,0,0,0,16,19,38,23,45,22,30,0,-6,-9,-10,-10,-10,-21,-8,-6,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 {LiveBook: 38 Games. A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. Kg1 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Nf3 Na6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Ne3 16. Qd2 Kxg7 17. Qxe3 d5 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. h4 h5 20. b4 {½-½ (48) Radjabov,T (2724)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2762) Dubai 2014}) 6... Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Be3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d5 d6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Qb3 Bg7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 {½-½ (14) Minko,V (2379)-Fernandez,D (2453) Novi Sad 2016}) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O d6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {[#] Hoping for Qc3+.} Rc8 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. e4 Qc7 19. f4 Rb8 20. Rf2 a5 21. Re1 a4 22. Rd2 Rcb6 {The position is equal.} 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd6 25. Rxd6 exd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Re2 Qd7 27. Qd3 Re8 28. Re5 Qd8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {KQ-KQ} 30. Kf2 Qe6 31. b3 axb3 32. Qxb3 Qe4 33. a4 Qd4+ 34. Kf3 Qd2 35. h4 h5 36. Qb5 Qd3+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,37,35,40,39,41,22,37,39,32,-2,49,39,54,35,41,33,21,24,98,86,87,56,65,69,67,16,13,16,24,0,65,60,119,127,115,130]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 15 Games. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Qb6 (7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ngf6 9. c3 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Bc4 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Re1 {½-½ (66) Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2766) Loo 2013}) 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Ne2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. g4 h6 12. a4 a6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. a5 Qc7 {½-½ (39) Vega Gutierrez,S (2411)-Hernandez Estevez,Y (2224) Monzon 2016}) 9... Ngf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 e5 (11... O-O $11) 12. Bf5 $14 Qc6 13. c4 (13. Qg3 {is more complex.} g6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bh6 O-O-O 16. Rac1) 13... dxc4 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. bxc4 exd4 (15... O-O $11) 16. Nxd4 $16 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nxc4 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Rac1 (19. Bg5 $14) 19... Bxf4 $11 20. Rxc4 g6 21. Rxc6 Kg7 ({Black should try} 21... Rd8 $11 22. Nb5 (22. Rxf6 Kg7 $11) 22... Kg7) 22. Re7 $14 Rhe8 (22... Kf8 $14 23. Rb7 Rb8 24. Rc8+ (24. Rxa7 gxf5 25. g3 Be5 $11) 24... Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Bd6) 23. Ne6+ $1 $16 Kg8 24. Rxe8+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,173,61,70,81,72,66,89,83,133,142,135,144,164,124,169,181,185,188,196,177,527,457,344,118,213,77,67,70,62,21,21,4,18,11,20,20,18,-206,-214,-213,-213,-213,-205,-213,-213,-213,-213,-352,-310,-310,-296,-296,-18,-20,-24,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-206,-414,-414,-404,-374,-374,-356,-338,-330,-338,-323,-323,-323,-323,-323,-277,0,0,0,-12846,-12847,-12850,-29964,-12851,-29965,-12851,-29968,-12851,-29968,-12851,-29957,-12851,-29969,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rae1 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} b4 11. Ne2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. f5 Rac8 17. Bh6 e5 {0-1 (32) Vovk,Y (2441)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2536) Lvov 2004}) 12. Ng3 {White is better.} Ba6 13. f5 c5 14. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. f6 {[#]} d5 $2 (18... Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. exf6 Ned5) 19. fxg7 (19. fxe7 Re8 $11) 19... Kxg7 20. Kh1 $2 (20. Ng5 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 20... h6 (20... Na8 $16 {might work better.}) 21. dxc5 (21. e6 $1 $18) 21... Nd7 $16 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6g7][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd4 Nxc5 23. Rf6 Ne6 $1 24. Ref1 {Threatening Qf3.} (24. c3 $5) 24... Ng8 $1 {[%cal Rg8f6]} 25. Ngf5+ gxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kh7 $1 {[#]} ({Of course not} 26... Kh8 27. Nxh6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 $16) 27. Qh5 $2 ({Reject} 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 $15) (27. Qe3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White is okay.} Ng5 28. Qd3 Rxf6 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxc8 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rxc8 32. h4) 27... Ng7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7h5]} ({Weaker is} 27... Nxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Ne7#) 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxf7 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg6 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Qxd5 Qxc2 {White must now prevent ...Ne7.} 32. h3 (32. Rg1 {was worth a try.}) 32... Qxb2 33. e6 Qc2 34. Rf7 {intending Rxg7+.} Qg6 $2 (34... Ne7 $19 35. Qf3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kh1 Qe5 40. Qd3+ Ng6 41. Rxg7+ Qxg7) 35. Rxg7+ $1 $11 Kxg7 36. Qxa5 Qxe6 37. Qxb4 Qxa2 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qb7+ $2 (40. Qc7+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Ne7 41. Qf4+ Ke8 42. Qxh6) 40... Ne7 $19 41. Qf3+ Kg7 $1 42. Qc3+ Kh7 $1 43. Qd3+ Ng6 $1 44. Qd7+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qc3+ Kf7 $1 47. Qc7+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Nf8 49. Qg4+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Qa1+.} 50. Qf4+ Kg7 {...Qd5 is the strong threat.} 51. Qe5+ Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Qa7.} 52. Qf5+ Ng6 $2 (52... Kg7 $11 53. Qe5+ Kg6 54. Qe4+ Kg7 55. Qe5+) 53. Qd7+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 54. Qd4+ Kg8 55. Qd8+ Nf8 56. Kh2 Qf2 57. Qb8 Kg7 58. Qe5+ Qf6 59. Qc7+ Kg6 60. Qg3+ Kf7 61. Qc7+ Kg8 62. Qb8 Qc6 63. Qe5 Qe6 64. Qb8 Qf6 65. Qg3+ Kh7 66. Qd3+ Ng6 67. Qd7+ Qe7 68. Qd3 Qe5+ 69. g3 $2 (69. Kh1 {was necessary.}) 69... h5 70. Kg2 Qb2+ 71. Kg1 Qb6+ 72. Kg2 Qc6+ 73. Kg1 Qc5+ 74. Kg2 Kh6 75. Qd2+ Qg5 76. Qf2 Nh4+ $2 (76... Qe7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qe5.} 77. Qc2 Ne5) 77. Kh2 $11 Nf5 {[#] And now ...Ne7 would win.} 78. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78. g4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 78... Qe3 $19 79. Qxe3+ Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KPP} 80. Kg1 Kg5 (80... Kg6 $19 81. Kf2 Nd5) 81. Kf2 Nc4 82. Kf3 Ne5+ (82... Nd6 $19 83. Ke3 Nf5+ 84. Kf3 Ng7) 83. Ke4 Ng6 (83... Nf7 $19 84. Ke3 Kf6) 84. Kf3 Kf6 85. Ke4 Ke6 86. Kd4 Ne7 87. Ke4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,1,45,42,31,29,50,33,48,37,49,23,19,16,16,20,30,27,32,22,27,20,39,0,37,9,24,9,7,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-25,-25,-31,-29,-8,-16,0,-19,-16,-26,-20,-44,-20,-27,-16,-39,-31,-42,-29,-31,-18,-36,-40,-40,-4,-42,-24,-39,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. c4 d5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Re8 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Bb1 Be4 18. Ba2 Qd6 19. Ng4 Qf4 {½-½ (58) Stefanova,A (2507)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2364) Mamaia 2016}) 5... e6 6. Be2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Na5 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 a6 18. Red1 Qc7 19. c5 b5 20. c6 Qxc6 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Qg4 Rcd8 23. Nd6 h5 24. Qh3 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 {½-½ (26) Koetz,A (2176)-Bank (2197) GER email 2009}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 (14. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Rc8 15. a3 $14) 14... Rc8 15. Re1 Re8 16. h4 Bf6 (16... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qf3 (19. Qd2 {feels hotter.} Bg7 20. g3 Qd7 21. Bf1 Re8 22. Bb5) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxc6 $1 Bxb2 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qxd5 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Qf4 Bc6 26. h5 {Threatens to win with hxg6.} g5 27. Qf5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qh7+.} Qe6 (27... Kf8 {looks sharper.} 28. Qg4 Kg7 29. Nd2 Bd7 30. Qd1 Qe6) 28. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 29. Nh2 Kg7 30. Kf1 Be5 31. g3 Bd4 32. Ke2 Be8 33. g4 Bc6 34. Nf1 Kf6 35. Nd2 Ke5 {And now ...Bc3 would win.} 36. Nf3+ Bxf3+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 9. Bg1 {[%emt 0:13:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:15:31]} e4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 12. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:06:05]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:16:02]} 14. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. f5 {[%emt 0:15:21]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:12:28]} 18. Rgh2 {[%emt 0:07:54]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:14:59]} 19. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 20. fxg6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 23. c3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 25. Kb2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 28. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30. Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 31. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 33. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 35. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 36. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Rexd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 43. b5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 46. a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. a7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,27,28,20,42,23,23,31,29,25,60,44,161,164,161,175,208,215,232,238,279,274,277,287,259,188,206,211,213,185,189,154,153,156,197,204,216,218,225,214,348,339,426,415,433,427,496,501,539,627,1633,1633,1341,1077,1527,1308,2195,2019,997,498,12831,1516,12835,2494,29999]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. h4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 19 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 8. Nh3 (8. b3 Qc7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. Nb2 Bg7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 c5 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 {0-1 (43) Stefanova,A (2505)-Onischuk,V (2613) Almaty 2016}) 8... Qc7 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bh6 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 O-O-O 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {½-½ (72) Sofieva,A (2345)-Abbasov,F (2298) Baku 2000}) 9... Nc4 {White has an edge.} 10. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 11. Nf4 Rb8 12. e5 Ng8 (12... dxe5 $14 13. dxe5 Qxe5) 13. exd6 $18 Qxd6 14. d5 $36 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 2080] White is really pushing.} Nf6 15. dxc6 ({Don't play} 15. Bxa7 $6 Rb7 $16) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bh6 17. g4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Nxg4 19. Nfd5 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rc8 21. h5 Rxc6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. Ncd5 Kf8 25. Kf3 Re5 26. Rae1 Kg7 (26... f5 $142 27. Nc7 c3) 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 {[#]} 28. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 29. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rb8 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Ra7+ Kd8 35. Rh1 Rb6 36. Rxf7 (36. a5 $142 Rc6 37. a6) 36... Ra6 (36... Re6 $142 37. Rxf5 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Re6 39. Rd5+ Kc7 40. Rc5+ Kb7) 37. Rh7 (37. Rb1 $142 Ke8 38. Rh7) 37... Bf8 38. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b8] [#]} Rxa4 39. Rb8# {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,50,12,12,47,41,48,33,54,37,33,33,57,6,24,-27,-41,-66,-59,-55,-38,-201,-199,-227,-241,-216,-241,-311,-305,-339,-331,-572,-605,-605,-582,-734,-731,-723,-712,-710,-703]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Ne4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rd1 Bd7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. Bc3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 {½-½ (56) Oms Pallisse,J (2511)-Giorgadze,G (2607) Olite 2006}) 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 Be8 12. Rc1 (12. cxd5 $14 exd5 13. Ne5) 12... a4 13. Qd1 (13. cxd5 $142 exd5 14. Ne5) 13... dxc4 $11 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Na5 16. Qb1 $2 {[#]} (16. Ne5 $15) 16... b5 $19 17. Rd1 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 18. e4 Rd6 19. e5 Rd5 20. h4 {With the idea Ng5.} h6 21. Ng5 $2 {[#]} (21. Re1) 21... hxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. hxg5 Nb3 24. f3 Nxd4 25. Kg2 Qxe5 {Precision: White = 12%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,-2,4,-9,0,-19,-13,-42,-25,-45,-35,-34,-37,-91,-65,-64,-69,-119,-127,-182,-112,-123,-128,-121,-118,-125,-109,-118,-114,-107,-113,-104,-66,-170,-135,-133,-131,-118,-106,-97,-107,-177,-177,-468,-470,-459,-336,-368,-354,-358,-349,-356,-340,-641,-636,-955,-949,-918,-895,-867,-916,-1911,-1824]} 1. e4 c5 2. Na3 (2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bb5 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017}) 2... b6 3. d3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Bf4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} d6 7. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 Nd7 8. h3 Ngf6 9. Rb1 O-O {0-1 (29) Larsen,B (1804)-Andersen,M (2385) Borup 2010}) 7... e5 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} (8. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5d8]} f6 9. Be3 $15) 8... Nf6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. c4 (11. h4 $15) 11... a6 12. Be2 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Nh4 {[#]} (14. exf5 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nb4 15. O-O) 14... Nd4 ({Better is} 14... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Bxg7 (15. gxf4 Bxh6) 15... Kxg7) 15. Bxh5 $17 gxh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...fxe4.} 18. O-O-O Qh6 {And now ...fxe4 would win.} 19. Rd2 fxe4 (19... Rf6 {looks sharper.} 20. Qxh6+ Kxh6 21. Re1 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bc8) 20. dxe4 Rf6 21. g4 (21. Re1 $15) 21... hxg4 22. hxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with g5.} Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe4 24. g5 Rf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 25. Re1 (25. Rg1 $17 {was necessary.}) 25... Nc6 $19 {aiming for ...Nb4.} ({And not} 25... Nf3 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd6 $11) 26. Rxd6 $2 (26. Red1) 26... Nb4 27. Kd2 Nxa2 28. g6 Rf2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 hxg6 {[%cal Bh7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 31. Rxb6 $2 (31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Nf3) 31... g5 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Nf3 Nc1+ 33. Kd2 Bxf3 34. Kxc1 g4 35. Nc2 Rd8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

